Helena Ranaldi

Helena Ranaldi Nogueira (born May 24, 1966) is a Brazilian actress. Biography After doing some modeling jobs and television commercials, she was ranked among the five finalists of Supermodel of the World - Step Brazil, 1989, sponsored by Class Modelos and Ford Models the U.S. (the first of that year was with model Adriana de Oliveira). With the money she earned she took a course in theater acting. At age 23 she moved from São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro. In her first work, in 1990, she portrayed Stefânia in the soap opera A História de Ana Raio e Zé Trovão, although the former Rede Manchete. The following year, she acted in another soap opera on TV network, Amazônia, before moving to the rival Rede Globo.